[Bristol-Birds] nasty weather = good birds

  • From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:09:17 -0400

1 Nov 2014
passage of cold front with light snow changing to drizzle

South Holston Lake (Musick's) - Sullivan Co., TN
low fog over water made distant viewing difficult.
Am. Wigeon - 12
Ruddy Duck - 9
duck sp. - 250+  (too distant & in fog)
Com. Loon - 3
Black-bellied Plover - 2   (shorebirds were close)
Gr. Yellowlegs - 25
Pectoral Sandpiper - 7
Dunlin - 66,   large number for NE Tenn.
Bonaparte's Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 12
Herring Gull - 5
Com. Tern - 1,  rather late
Forster's Tern - 1
Tree Swallow - 1

Austin Springs - Washington Co., TN
N. Shoveler - 14
Green-wg. Teal - 8
Ring-nk. Duck - 36
Lsr. Scaup - 1
Hooded Merganser - 20
Gr. Yellowlegs - 9
Tree Swallow - 17

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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